Washing-machine



J. A. &. A. M. WESTON.

- HINE No. 464,181. Patented Dec. 1,1891.

struction of rubber.

NITE ST TES LATENT FFICE.

JAMES AIIVESTON AND AUSTIN M. \VESTON, OF FRANKFORT, KANSAS.

WASHING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,181, dated December 1, 1891.

Application filed June 13, 1891. erial Nr 396.122. (N0 model.

T0 to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JAMES A. WEsToN and AUSTIN M. WESTON, citizens of the United States, residing at Frankfort, in the county of Marshall and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful \Vashing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of washing-machines commonly known as rotary rubbers, and the invention has special reference to the construction of rubber.

The objects of the invention are to so con; struct the rubber as to obviate the central non-operativespaceusuallyfoundtherein,and which by reason of its location fails to prop.- erly wash or manipulate the articles which congregate at this point.

IVith the above objects in view the invention consists in certain features of construction hereinafter specified, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a washer constructed in accordance with my invention, the lid being swung back and exposing the bottom of the rubber. Fig, 2 is a bottom view of a modified con- Fig. 3 is a radial section of the same.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates the suds-box or ,tub, which, it will be observed, is in this instance cylindrical and is supported by the four legs 2, located at suitable distances apart and secured to the sides of the box or tub. The tub is provided with the usual swinging handles 3, by which it may be conveniently carried, and at one side with the wringer attachment 4. To the fixed portion 5 of the cover is hinged the removable portion 6 thereof, which latter is provided at one side with an eye 7, which when the cover is closed is located in the path of and adapted to be engaged by the free end of a hook 8, loosely connected by a staple 9 to the body or box of the washingmachine, whereby said lid may be locked in a closed position.

In constructing the rubber or head 10 we employ a series of quadrant-shaped sections 13, which upon their under sides are corrugated from their converging sides or edges to their bases, as shown at 14, so that when assembled the corrugations of one section will be at'a right angle to those of the adjacent sections. At the center of the rubber thus formed there is left an opening 141-, said opening being about one-third of the diameter of the rubber, and in the opening is set the central rubbing-head 15. The rubbing-head has its lower or working face convexcd and is corrugated or ribbed, as shown.

In Fig. 1 we have shown our preferred form of corrugations, and it will be observed that said corrugations consist of three groups disposed over the face of the head. In the instance shown in Fig. 1 the corrugations of each group are spaced apart, and while runnin g parallel to each other those of one group are at an angle to those of the remaining groups. In Fig. 2, however, we employ the three groups, but curve the corrugations and arrange them close to each other. The effect of this arrangement, however, is practically the same as that shown in Fig. 1, though by experience we have found that better results are obtained.

I11 operation the convexed head 15 operates upon the articles which happen to be located directly under the center of the rubber, and all articles not thrown or worked by said head toward the outeredge of the rubber are thoroughly washed, asif operated upon by said rubber. preferably formed of metal, though the rubber itself be formed of wood, and in assembling the sections composing the rubber spaces 16 are left at the meeting edges of the sections, so as to provide for the swelling and shrinkage of the parts.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that we have provided a rubber so constructed as to avoid the undesirable non- The head, it will be understood, is

operative dead-center usually occurring in ro- In a Washing machine of the class described,a corrugated disk having a convexed rubbing-head, the face of which is provided as ouinown we have hereto affixed our signawith independent series of rubbing corrugatures in presence of two Witnesses.

tions, the corrugations of each series being JAMES A. WESTON.

parallel to each other at an angle to those AUSTIN M. WESTON. 5 of the remaining series and disposed tangen- \Vitnesses:

tially to the head, substantially as specified. STEVE. OSBORN,

In testimony that We claim the foregoing FRANK KEENEY. 

